Bishop Hovhannes of Perre

Bishop Hovhannes of Perre (1227-) was a bishop of the Armenian Apostolic Church. In 1260, he was welcomed to the court of Hulegu Khan to do missionary work.

Biography
Hovhannes was born in 1227 to a Miaphysite Christian family of Armenians, and he was ordained as a bishop of the Armenian Apostolic Church. In 1260, King Hethum of Armenia sent Hovhannes to the Ilkhanate, and he preached the gospel of the Armenian Apostolic Church to the Mongols of Qom.